The LONDON TRANSPORT Portal
Portals → Technology → Transport → London Transport
edit
Introduction
Shortcut:
P:LT
The London Transport system is one of the largest integrated transport systems in the world. It comprises Buses, Metros, Trams, Rail and more. Through ticketing is available on all public transport. Taxis can be hailed if an orange ‘for hire’ light is on. This portal covers all aspects of London Transport and provides all the latest news from the capital. The main authority covering London Transport is Transport for London. More about Transport in London…
edit
Selected article
The London Bridge located at Lake Havasu City, Arizona was original constructed across the River Thames in London by John Rennie to a design by his father and opened in 1831. In the 1960s, the City of London Corporation planned to construct a new London Bridge capable of carrying the loads and volume of modern traffic crossing the River and the bridge was offered for sale. American entrepreneur Robert P. McCulloch, purchased the bridge for US$2,460,000 for use as a tourist attraction at Lake Havasu.
The bridge was painstakingly disassembled with each stone block receiving a reference number to enable correct reassembly. Re-erection started in 1968 and was completed in 1971 with the stones being erected as a facing around a reinforced concrete structure.
(More on London Bridge, Lake Havasu and the history of London Bridge)
Vote for next months selected article.
Archive
edit
Selected picture
Sculptures Day and Night by Sir Jacob Epstein that adorn 55 Broadway, headquarters of London Underground.
Vote for next month’s selected image.
Archive
edit
London Transport Maps
Line specific:
Zone specific:
Official maps:
- Tube
- Tube AccessPDF
- DLRPDF
- Tube, Trams & TrainsPDF
- TramlinkPDF
- Bus and tram maps
edit
Related Portals
London
Transport
edit
London Transport News
7th July 2008 The second phase of the London Low Emission Zone begins, affecting busses and coaches, and lorries over 3.5 tonnes. New emission standards are set and a 28 day warning is given to vehicles that do not comply. More…
4th July 2008 TfL announces a competition for designing a new iconic bus for London, to be based on the Routemaster. More…
2nd July 2008 Twickenham Bridge celebrates its 75th anniversary on the 3rd of July. More…
30 June 2008 Giant cinema-style screens to beam movie trailers and advertising to Tube passengers More…
1 June 2008 A ban on the consumption of alcohol on the Underground leads to the closure of six stations when protests got out of hand. More…
29th May 2008 A bridge for the East London Line extension collapses over tracks near Liverpool Street station, halting trains. An enquiry is underway. More…
31st March 2008 A giant 350-tonne bridge has been lowered into place by a crane for the East London Line extension through Shoreditch. More…
18th March 2008 TfL will be running up to 16 buses an hour to serve the new Heathrow Terminal 5. The changes to the TfL bus service will be introduced on Saturday 22 March in readiness for the opening of Terminal 5 on 27 March. More…
17th March 2008 Transport for London has announced that it is to take over running Tramlink in order to reduce costs, have better integration and focus more on investment. More…
13th March 2008 The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, has given the Capital its first glimpse of an improved Docklands Light Railway service that will form a central part of the transport infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. More…, Image
18th February 2008 Fifth Anniversary of Congestion Charge that changed transport policy across the world. Today (17 February) is the fifth anniversary of the central London Congestion Charge. More…
16th February 2008 Last District Line train to be refurbished carries passengers for the last time today (15th Feb 08). More…
2nd February 2008 Shepherd’s Bush underground station on the Central line closes for eight months of rebuilding and refurbishment works including the reconstruction of the surface building and replacement of escalators. More…
Archive
edit
Things you can do
Here are some tasks you can do:
- Copyedit: Automatic train protection system, Waterloo station
- Cleanup: All London Bus route articles so they all fully comply to the template provided. Those that are not done properly may face deletion.
- Expand: Tube Lines, Metronet
- Stubs: London Transport stubs
- Update: All tube stations with current usage figure for 2006. See here. Also update London low emission zone
- Other:
- Complete List of bus routes in London and all routes on it that show as redlinks. The list itself appears to be pretty much complete. However, there remain many redlinked routes.
- Vote for the monthly selected article and selected picture here.
- Submit your interesting London Transport facts at Portal:London Transport/Did you know for our portal.
- Upload any non-copyrighted tube images to Wikimedia Commons
- Featured / good article candidates -
- Patrol recent changes
- Join WikiProject London Transport or encourage more members.
edit
Related WikiProjects
This portal is maintained by members of WikiProject London Transport.
To join us, add your username to the list of participants.
edit
Did you know…
- …that the Underground’s architect Charles Holden and LPTB Managing Director Frank Pick were both sons of drapers?
- …that Blackfriars Underground station (opened 1870) pre-dates the main line station by sixteen years?
- …that the Westway, the West Cross Route and the East Cross Route are the only parts of the GLC’s 1960s plan for the London Motorway Box that were built?
Archive | More trivia… | Submit your own DYKs
edit
London Transport Articles
London transport
TfL
London Underground · DLR · London Overground · Buses · Rail · Taxis · Tramlink · Coaches · River · Streets · Dial-a-Ride · Congestion charge · LEZ
Rail
National Rail
c2c · Chiltern Railways · First Capital Connect · First Great Western Link · First ScotRail · National Express East Anglia · Silverlink · South West Trains · Southeastern · Southern · Virgin Trains
Other
Eurostar · Gatwick Express · Heathrow Express · Heathrow Connect · Stansted Express · Crossrail · Orbirail · Olympic Javelin · High Speed 1
Stations
Blackfriars · Cannon Street · Charing Cross · City Thameslink · Clapham Junction · Euston · Fenchurch Street · King’s Cross · Liverpool Street · London Bridge · Marylebone · Moorgate · Paddington · St Pancras · Victoria · Waterloo
Airports
London Heathrow · London Gatwick · London Stansted · London Luton
London City · Biggin Hill · London Southend
Motorways
M25 London Orbital · M1 · M3 · M4 · M11 · M20 · M23 · M40 · A1(M)
edit
Categories
Transport in London
London Underground → Disasters, Rolling stock, Electric multiple units, Stations, Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Disused, East London, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria, Waterloo & City, Stubs
London Overground → Stations
Docklands Light Railway → Stations
Tramlink → Stops
Buses → Operators, Routes, Pictures
Travelcard zones → 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
edit
Associated Wikimedia
London Transport on Wikinews
London Transport on Wikiquote
London Transport on Wikibooks
London Transport on Wikisource
London Transport on Wiktionary
London Transport on Wikiversity
London Transport on Wikimedia Commons
News
Quotations
Manuals & Texts
Texts
Definitions
Learning resources
Images & Media
WikiProject London Transport
Project
Main page • Discussion • Participants • Project templates • Assessment • The Metropolitan • Article templates • Requests • Task forces • Manual of style and articles to do list
Portal
Portal LT • Vote for the Portal’s selected article and image • Submit your Did You Knows • TfL news section
What are portals? · List of portals · Featured portals
Culture · Geography · Health · History · Mathematics · Natural sciences · Philosophy · Religion · Society · Technology
Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:London_Transport”
Categories: WikiProject London Transport | Transportation portals | Rail transport | London Underground